CRENSHAW : Expanded Renewal Plan Is Hearing Topic
The Community Redevelopment Agency and the Los Angeles City Council are holding a public hearing Tuesday on the possibility of expanding the Crenshaw Redevelopment Project to include more areas along Crenshaw Boulevard, Santa Barbara Plaza and Leimert Park.
The Crenshaw Redevelopment Project is currently limited to revitalization of Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. Under an amended plan, the project would include an additional 150 acres of retail and commercial space near the shopping mall.
The new redevelopment project would extend along Crenshaw between Coliseum and 52nd streets, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between Coliseum and McClung Drive, and parts of Buckingham Road and Santa Rosalia Drive. Parts of Degnan Boulevard, Leimert Boulevard and 43rd Street north of Leimert Park would also be included.
If the council adopts the plan, the CRA would increase revitalization options for residential and commercial areas.
CRA spokesman Marc Littman said that the agency could help market Crenshaw as a center of African American culture.
The meeting is at 10 a.m. in the council chambers at City Hall, 200 N. Spring St.
Information: (213) 977-1951.
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